{"id":7675,"date":"2017-06-12T13:13:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T03:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=7675"},"modified":"2020-06-20T00:40:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T14:40:40","slug":"will-the-x-class-be-a-tradie-favourite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/makes-models\/will-the-x-class-be-a-tradie-favourite\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the X-Class be a Tradie Favourite?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mercedes Benz X-Class Ute<\/p><\/div>\n

I love utes – always have – and that\u2019s why I\u2019ve owned my current Navara for nearly six years.\u00a0 It\u2019s not brand spanking new but let\u2019s just say it\u2019s been a workhorse in the garden and beyond, and it has been really well looked after.\u00a0 Longevity is what this Nissan Navara D21 is all about; it just keeps going without anything major needing to be done.\u00a0 Could longevity and practicality be the key highly sort after characteristics of what a great ute should be?\u00a0 If you happen to be a Tradie, then these features have to be playing on your mind when you buy a new ute for work.<\/p>\n

Toyota Hilux, Ford Falcon, Holden Rodeo and Nissan Navara are big names wheeled about amongst Tradies who have worked the hard yards with typically these utes being commonly their favoured working companions.\u00a0 These are the guys that know which utes last the distance, so when a new ute like the Mercedes Benz X-Class is about to make a glamourous entrance on the big stage, will it fly high or sink?\u00a0 The coming years will reveal whether the new X-Class will still be made mention of around smoko tables on builder\u2019s sites, landscaper\u2019s gardens and farmer\u2019s markets.<\/p>\n

No doubt, Mercedes-Benz will have done their homework.\u00a0 Their current new vehicles are known for being classy luxury sedans, wagons, coupes, and in more recent years, SUVs. \u00a0So with the addition of the new X-Class Ute, we should be seeing plenty of luxury \u2013 particularly in the X-Class interior.\u00a0 Mercedes Benz V-Class vans have been around for some time now, too, and they have been pretty solid workhorses.<\/p>\n

The new X-Class range of vehicles are expected to arrive in Australia from 2018, with the exact launch dates, specifications and pricing to be announced closer to the time.\u00a0 Having shown off the concept at various motor shows, the X-Class lines look sleeker than most utes I\u2019ve seen – except for the likes of the Falcon and Commodore utes.\u00a0 The new X-Class ute isn\u2019t really in the Falcon and Commodore ute class, however, and with its fulltime AWD and serious off-road capabilities the X-Class can be taken into serious off-road terrain.\u00a0 Sleek but aggressive and intimidating are words that come to my mind to describe the solid and bold X-Class looks.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the new X-Class for Australasia will be built at a Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain in a marriage with Renault and Nissan.\u00a0 The X-Class will be built using the new Navara platform; however the engines, all-wheel drive systems and interiors will all come from other Mercedes-Benz sources like the C-Class and V-Class range. \u00a0The top X-Class model will be powered by a very powerful V6 diesel engine which will be mated to a Mercedes-Benz’ 4MATIC permanent all-wheel drive system. \u00a0The AWD system will combine an electronic traction system, a transfer case with reduction gear, and two differential locks for the serious off-road expedition.\u00a0 This powerful drive system in combination with a tough ladder-frame chassis will result in the X-Class achieving payloads of more than 1.1 tonnes, and a towing capacity of up to 3.5 tonnes.<\/p>\n

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Mercedes-Benz Concept X-Class Interior<\/p><\/div>\n

Volker Mornhinweg, the head of Mercedes-Benz Vans, says “Our future X-Class will be a pickup that knows no compromise. \u00a0Ladder-type frame, high-torque six cylinder engine, and permanent all-wheel drive are compulsory for us. \u00a0As an added value, we will bring safety, comfort, agility and expressive design – in other words, everything that distinguishes vehicles bearing the Mercedes star.”<\/p>\n

Did you know that in Australia, Argentina and New Zealand more than 14 per cent of new vehicle registrations are for a one-tonne ute!\u00a0 No wonder we\u2019re seeing the likes of Mercedes and VW getting stuck into a slice of the pie, too. http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/oformit-kredit-online.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love utes – always have – and that\u2019s why I\u2019ve owned my current Navara for nearly six years.\u00a0 It\u2019s not brand spanking new but let\u2019s just say it\u2019s been a workhorse in the garden and beyond, and it has been really well looked after.\u00a0 Longevity is what this Nissan Navara D21 is all about; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-makes-models"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11379,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7675\/revisions\/11379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}